Sunday, August 10th is the last day for you to attend the Evolution of Gaming exhibit at the Centre for Digital Media! The exhibit is open until 8pm today. It's a very interesting with many retro games; it'll certainly bring you down memory lane if you are old enough! It is an interactive exhibit so you can actually play the games.

"You died of dysentery" This is Oregon Trail.

There are tonnes of games available to play such as the old Super Mario Brothers, Packman, Pong, you name it. My favourite game found in there was Oregon Trail on an old Apple computer. I used to play it all the time in elementary school!

And if you haven't ever tried Oculus Rift (a virtual
reality headset for 3D gaming), they have it as well! You are able to
play as a giant ape, smashing down a building in Vancouver. It was my
first time trying it out and it was pretty cool! It really make you feel
you are in the game environment.

The
game is based on the 1986 game, Rampage, where you control the ape to
smash down building. In this Oculus Rift version, you ARE the ape.

It uses a Kinect to detect your arm movements.

Then
you just flail your arms around to smash the building in the game. This
can be a little dangerous because you can't see the real world anymore
and you may be tempted to walk around as well. Don't! Haha.

Here
the volunteer is watching the game play on the screen. There are
duplicate screens because one is for your right eye and one is for your
left; that is what makes the 3D immersive effect.